Swimming pumps: Wearing these heels around the pool is just asking for trouble. (Ana Locking Spring/Summer collection at Madrid Fashion Week.)

Photo: Daniel Ochoa De Olza, Associated Press

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Hello, Roto-Rooter? Water gushes out of a sewer on Canon Avenue next to the Cliff House in Manitou Springs, Colo. Flooding caused by days of rain cut off mountain communities and forced evacuations along Colorado's Front Range.

Photo: Michael Ciaglo, Associated Press

Hello, Roto-Rooter? Water gushes out of a sewer on Canon Avenue...

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Ocelots scratch a lot: A 1-month-old kitten goes out on a limb to keep its claws sharp at the Zoologischer Garten zoo in Berlin.

Photo: Britta Pedersen, AFP/Getty Images

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The imperious Pumpkin Princess: Having won the coveted title of Pumpkin Princess of the Morton Pumpkin Festival in Morton, Ill., 5-year-old Julia Polhans is determined to exercise her authority over her squash subjects.

Photo: Ron Johnson, Associated Press

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Goats recon: A pair of culvert operatives guard a construction site near a new natural-gas storage depot in Jemgum, Germany.

Do an ollie, Dad! Is fatherhood cutting into your shredding time at the skate
park? Why not combine both with with Longboard Stroller by Quinny, as seen at the Child+Youth fair in Cologne,
Germany? Child+Youth is the world's biggest fair for baby and children's gear.

Photo: Rolf Vennebernd, AFP/Getty Images

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Riding into the sunset: A girl swings in a playground on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan.

Photo: Mustafa Najafizada, Associated Press

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Surprise! You're 106! Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther (right) and her legislative
aide, Minnette Kramer, treat Marie Zalesky to a surprise 106th birthday party at Town of
Callicoon Town Hall in Jeffersonville, N.Y. Marie was at Town Hall for the Jeffersonville Seniors meeting, where her job is calling the bingo numbers, and she's not about to retire, thank you.

Shouldn't we be below the helicopter? Indonesian commandos take part in a hostage situation exercise during a counterterrorism drill at the Indonesia Peace and Security Center in Sentul, Bogor-West Java.

Ooh pretty: Protesters set off fireworks next to riot police during a demonstration in Ankara against the planned construction of a cultural center containing an Alevi cemevi (house of worship) and a Sunni mosque side by side.

Photo: Adem Altan, AFP/Getty Images

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A star for Barry: Glodean White, the wife of the late soul crooner Barry White, kisses her husband's posthumously awarded star along the Hollywood Walk of Fame. White, who died in 2003 and would have celebrated his birthday Sept. 12, was a double Grammy winner with hit songs including "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" and "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up."

Photo: Frederic J. Brown, AFP/Getty Images

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Who says no white pants after Labor Day? Not Ralph Lauren, seen kissing his wife after his Spring 2014 collection show at New York Fashion Week.